Privacy Policy

G&Co. Studios · Effective August 14, 2026 · Applies to the Teletog application and teletog.com

Teletog is a spoiler-safe, episode-scoped discussion app for TV shows, published by G&Co. Studios ("we", "us"). This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. We keep it plain on purpose. Teletog is free, has no ads, and we do not sell your data.

Information we collect

• Account: your email address, the username you choose, your confirmation that you are 16 or older, and the version of the Terms you accepted.
• Your activity: the shows you follow and your watch progress (which episodes you have marked as watched). We use progress to sync your shows across devices and to enforce the spoiler gate, so that you never see discussion beyond the episode you have reached.
• Content you post: the messages you send in episode rooms, and the reports or blocks you submit.
• Technical and safety data: a device-integrity token from Apple App Attest (iOS) or Google Play Integrity (Android) that confirms requests come from a genuine app and not a bot; a push notification token if you enable notifications; and diagnostic or crash data to help us fix problems.
• Supporter purchases: if you choose to become a Supporter, we store which product you bought, which app store it came from, when it expires, and whether it is still active. We also store a one-way cryptographic fingerprint of the store receipt, which lets us recognise the same purchase again without keeping the receipt itself. If you turn on the supporters wall, we store that choice, and your username is then shown to other Supporters.
• Website waitlist: if you enter your email on teletog.com, we store it to send you a single launch announcement, and nothing else.

What we do not do

We do not show ads. We do not sell or rent your personal information. We do not use third-party advertising or cross-app tracking. We do not collect your precise location, your contacts, or your photos.

We never see or store your payment details. Card numbers, billing addresses, and the transaction itself are handled entirely by Apple or Google. All we receive back is confirmation that a purchase is valid, and we do not store your real name or the amount you paid.

How we use your information

• To provide the app: sign you in, sync your shows and progress, and deliver messages in real time.
• To enforce spoiler safety: your progress determines which rooms you can open, and it is checked on the server, not just in the app.
• To keep the community safe: review reports, apply content filters, and block abuse and automated activity.
• To notify you: send a push notification when someone replies to you, if you have enabled notifications.
• To improve reliability: diagnose crashes and errors.
• To honour a Supporter purchase: confirm with the app store that it is genuine, unlock your Supporter features for the year you paid for, and remove them if the purchase is refunded or reversed.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your data. We use a small set of trusted service providers who process it on our behalf, under their own security and privacy commitments. By category:

• Cloud hosting and database: stores your account, progress, and messages, and powers real-time chat.
• Device-integrity and push-notification services: provided by the Apple and Google app platforms, to confirm that requests come from a genuine app rather than a bot, and to deliver notifications you have enabled.
• Error and crash monitoring: to diagnose and fix problems.
• App store payment processing: if you buy a Supporter year, Apple or Google takes the payment and tells us whether the purchase is valid. They are the merchant, not us. Their own privacy policy covers what they collect from you when you pay.
• Email delivery: stores the waitlist email you submit on the website, used only for the launch announcement.

We use TVmaze for show and episode information. The app requests that metadata through our own servers, and we do not send TVmaze your account or personal data. We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the safety of people using Teletog.

How long we keep it

We keep your account information for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account (Settings → Delete account, a two-step in-app process), we delete your account and associated personal data, and remove or disassociate your messages. Residual copies in encrypted backups are purged on a rolling schedule.

Supporter purchase records are kept while the entitlement is active and for a period afterwards, so that a refund or a repeat purchase is handled correctly and so we can answer a billing question if you raise one. They hold no payment details, only the product, the store, the dates, and the receipt fingerprint.

One narrow exception: where the law requires us to retain specific content, for example to report and preserve suspected child sexual exploitation, we keep only that content, and only for as long as the law requires. This never applies to your ordinary account data.

Your rights and choices

You can access and update your information in the app, and you can delete your account at any time from Settings. Depending on where you live (including the EU/UK and California), you may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, or port your data, and to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these, email us at the address below. We do not sell personal information.

Children

Teletog is for people 16 and older and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16; if we learn that we have, we delete it. Our full child-safety commitments are described in our Child Safety Standards.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS). Access to your data is enforced at the database level, and every post passes through server-side checks. Secrets and signing keys are never stored in the app.

Where your data is processed

Our providers may process and store data in the United States and other countries. By using Teletog you understand that your information may be processed in locations that differ from your own, with protections consistent with this policy.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will post the updated version here with a new effective date, and, for material changes, notify you in the app or by email.